Does saying “No” to a rapist and being brutally attacked in retaliation establish political opinion for asylum? Is a political opinion expressed by an individual who is severely and repeatedly beaten for refusing to join a street gang because it is “bad for my town and country”?

Politicking Asylum’s Political Opinion provides a new approach to winning asylum claims for victims of private violence like rape and gang recruitment. It suggests that recent case law, both administrative and judicial, can provide direction to winning asylum cases for private violence victims by interpreting their political opinion within the proper context and by relying upon both direct and circumstantial evidence to establish that their fear of persecution on account of such political opinion is reasonable.

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